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RESOLUTION NO. 5957
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA ESTABLISHING AN AGENCY OF THE CITY TO
OPERATE AZUSA PROJECT DIVERT.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established an agency of the
City to be known as Azusa Project Divert for the purpose of preventing
juvenile delinquency by providing the means for the early rehabilitation
of juveniles showing tendencies toward deviant behavior.
SECTION 2. Azusa Project Divert is funded by the Cali-
fornia Council on Criminal Justice (herein sometimes referred to as
CCCJ) with funds made available pursuant to Title 1, Part C of the
Federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (PL 90-
351), as amended. The project shall exist only as long as it is
so funded and all persons employed in connection with the project
or by the City exclusively for the execution of the project shall
cease to be City employees upon the completion of the project.
SECTION 3. Azusa Project Divert shall be administered
and directed by a Board of Directors having thirteen members who
shall be appointed by the City Council for terms of one year pursuant
to the guidelines set forth in the project application approved by
CCCJ. Each member of the board shall serve until his successor is
appointed and qualifies.
The board shall be responsible to the City Council for
all of its activities and actions in the development of policies for
the execution of the project and for its administration.
SECTION 4. The Board of Directors shall meet at least
once a month at a regularly scheduled time and place. Its meetings
shall be open and public except for case conference reviews which
may be conducted in executive session. All members of the board shall
be permitted to attend executive or other sessions held for the
purpose of case conference reviews.
A quorum of the board shall consist of seven members, at
least three of which shall be members representing the community at
large. The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice -Chairman of the
board shall have authority to call special meetings of the board for
the purpose of considering and acting upon items of business speci-
fied in the call for the special meeting.
The authority of the board shall be limited to the admin-
istration and execution of Project Divert as set forth in the
project application approved by CCCJ.
SECTION 5. There shall be a Project Director who shall
be the official representative of the City Council on the board and
he shall serve as Chairman of the board. The Project Director shall
supervise the administration of the project under the direction of
the board and shall have the status of a City department head.
SECTION 6. There shall be a Project Supervisor who shall
carry out the policies of the board in the administration and execution
of the project under the direction and supervision of the Project
Director.
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SECTION 7. The City shall provide necessary accounting
services together with such supervision and consultation as may be
required as in-kind contributions toward the cost of the project.
The City shall provide such office equipment, furniture
and supplies as it deems necessary and proper for the use of the
project office. Upon the termination of the project, all such
office equipment, furniture and supplies shall be returned to the
City.
The City shall supply all utility services required by
the project as a part of its in-kind contributions.
The project shall be entitled to utilize the services of
all of the general departments of the City and shall use the pur-
chasing system and department of the City for all purchases made
from grant funds. Upon the termination of the project, all items
purchased from grant funds shall be disposed of as required by
CCCJ.
SECTION 8. A special fund is hereby established in the
City treasury to be known as "Project Divert Fund". All funds received
for the execution of the project shall be deposited in the fund and
all project costs and expenses shall be paid from the fund.
The board shall have the authority to authorize all
expenditures of project funds for the purposes specified in the
project budget and project application, as approved by CCCJ, subject
to ratification by the City Council.
Any expenditure of funds by the City for the purposes of
the project which may not be paid from grant funds shall, upon
approval by the City Council, become City contributions toward the
cost of the project.
SECTION 9. The persons employed in the administration of
the project and all office space occupied by the project shall be
included in the City's public liability and workmens' compensation
policies.
The compensation, working conditions and related benefits
of persons employed for the execution of the project and paid from
grant funds shall be governed by the project budget as approved by
CCCJ.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
Adopted and approved this 20th day of March 1972.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 20th day of March , 1972, by the
following vote of the Mouncil:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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